The Met Gala 2026 is getting crafty with its theme.
After all, Vogue’s annual fundraising gala, hosted by Anna Wintour, has announced that the dress code for this year’s “Costume Art” party will be “fashion is art.”
“What connects every curatorial department and what connects every single gallery in the museum is fashion, or the dressed body,” Andrew Bolton, the curator in charge of the Costume Institute—the beneficiary of the annual gala—said in a statement about the theme, per Vogue. “It’s the common thread throughout the whole museum, which is really what the initial idea for the exhibition was.”
This year’s dress code encourages Met Gala attendees to consider how a designer uses their body as a “blank canvas.”
“Fashion is art,” as a dress code comes just two months after the party’s co-chairs—or annual cohosts—were announced. This year, Beyoncé will make her return to the Costume Institute benefit after 10 years, acting as a cochair alongside Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams.